7. Recommendation

Given the existence of a linguistic, economic and cultural community of interest shared extensively by the population of the parishes of Allardville and Bathurst with the entire electoral district of Acadie–Bathurst, particularly the City of Bathurst, and to ensure more effective representation and improve the public’s involvement in the electoral process and their communities, the Commission believes that it is highly desirable and justifiable to integrate these two regions into the electoral district of Acadie–Bathurst.

Finally, the Commission believes that it is justified to depart from the numerical parity of electors to ensure more effective representation of the electoral district of Acadie–Bathurst and recommends that those parts of the parishes of Allardville and Bathurst presently in the electoral district of Miramichi be transferred to the electoral district of Acadie–Bathurst.

The legal descriptions of the two electoral districts and the resulting map are appended to this report.

Dated at Moncton, New Brunswick this 2nd day of December, 2004.

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